Micah 7:5

Modern English Version

Do not trust in a companion, do not rely on a friend; from her who lies in your embrace, guard the doors of your mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, O  Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 38:14

Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no response.

Psalm 41:9

Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up the heel against me.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like their bow; lies and not truth prevail upon the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:4

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother supplants, and every neighbor walks about with slanders.

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps sorely in the night, her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Judges 14:17

She wept on him for the seven days of the feast, then on the seventh day he told it to her because she had nagged him. Then she explained the riddle to her people.